A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 110 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji (68 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:17:02 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 17:17:02 / July 18, 2018 @ 5:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -177.6465 West, latitude -20.5341 South, depth = 420.56 km. Unique identifier: us2000gbw7. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gbw7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 420.56 km (261 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 110 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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